SCIENCE 
EDITORIAL CoMMITTEE: S. NEwcoms, Mathematics; R. S. WoopwaArp, Mechanics; E. C. PICKERING, 
Astronomy; T. C. MENDENHALL, Physics; R. H. THuRSTON, Engineering; IRA REMSEN, Chemistry; 
J. LE ContE, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; HENRY F. OsBORN, Paleontology ; W. K. 
Brooks, C. HART MERRIAM, Zoology; 8. H. ScUDDER, Entomology; C. E. Brssry, N. L. 
BRITTON, Botany; C. S. Minor, Embryology, Histology; H. P. BowpitcH, Physiology; 
J. 8. Brnuines, Hygiene; J. MCKEEN CATTELL, Psychology; 
J. W. Powrtt, Anthropology. 
Fripay, OcTroBer 27, 1899. 
CONTENTS: 
The American Association for the Advancement of 
Science :— 
The History of the Beginnings of the Science of 
Prehistoric Anthropology: DR. THOMAS WIL- 
BOI fosodoadcotescadobddqdsonbbuadoscadaeonsoauoUBDooddéobdGoOS 585 
Section C—Chemisiry:- J. L. H............0..0.-0-+- 601 
The Collections of Natural History at South Ken- 
sington. onooscnoomecocoonociconneeccenaeocesee (LOS) 
Some New Data for Converting Geological Time into 
Years: PROFESSOR WILBUR C. KNIGHT........ 607 
Scientific Books :— 
Meunier’s La géologie expérimentale: J. B. W. 
Legons sur la détermination des orbites : PROFES- 
sor E. O. LOVETT. Richter’s Lexikon der Kohlen- 
stoff Verbindungen : PROFESSOR CHAS. BASKER- 
VILLE. Hardin on the Rise and Development of 
the Liquefaction of Gases: PROFESSOR MORRIS 
WBOWBs BOOKS PRECEWEDnccae acer ecsccecsecsencecoses 608 
Societies and Academies :— 
The Academy of Science of St. Louis: PROrES- 
SOR WILLIAM TRELEASE. Washington Chem- 
ical Society: DR. W. H. KRUG.............-..0..00+ 615 
Astronomical Notes :— 
Clock Rates and Barometric Pressure; Stellar 
Parallax by Photography; Jupiter’s Fifth Satel- 
lite: PROFESSOR WINSLOW UPTON..............- 617 
Current Notes on Meteorology :— 
Kite and Balloon Meteorology in France ; Cente- 
grade versus Fahrenheit Scale: R. DEC. WARD... 617 
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry : 
Limitations of Thermodynamics: PROFESSOR R. 
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Scientific Notes and News 
University and Educational News...........cecceceeenene 623 
MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 
for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Profes- 
sor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
do Ibn JB soooonoacdooe 618 © 
THE HISTORY OF THE BEGINNINGS OF 
THE SCIENCE OF PREHISTORIC 
ANTHROPOLOGY.* 
I. 
CONTENTS. 
Denmark. 
Dolmens. 
Shell Heaps. 
Lake Dwellings. 
Discoveries of Darwin and Boucher de Perthes. 
Differences between Paleolithic and Neolithic Cul- 
tures. 
Paleolithic Implements described. 
River Drifts, Valleys and Terraces. 
Climate—Differences in. 
Epochs of the Cavern Period. 
High Plateau Paleoliths. 
Tertiary Man. 
Pithecanthropus, Dubois. 
Neolithic and Bronze Ages Continuous. 
Physical Anthropology. 
Classification of Races. 
Anthropology—the Science of Man. 
Subdivisions of Anthropology. 
United States. 
Paleolithic Age in the United States. 
Antiquity of Red Race in America. 
Migrations of Red Race in America. 
Similarity of Human Culture no Evidence of Simi- 
larity of Race, but is of Intercommunication. 
Monuments, Burial Mounds and Tumuli. 
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SCIENCE OF PRE- 
HISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Denmark. 
Scientific investigation into prehistoric 
anthropology began in Denmark in the 
* Address by the Vice-President and Chairman of 
Section H, American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, Forty-eighth Meeting, Columbus 
Meeting, August 21, 1889. 
